On the vitality of the soul and its attributes
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Book Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Book Description: The final volume of Seneca's moral letters. Common Stoic themes emerge again and again: the unreliability of fortune, the ability to form Stoic resolve, and the importance of virtue.
8.
If Justice, Bravery, and the other virtues have actual life, do they cease to be living things and then begin life over again, or are they always living things?
But the virtues cannot cease to be.
Therefore, there are many, nay countless, living things, sojourning in this one soul.
Book: Moral Letters Vol III
Subtitle: Seneca's timeless letters of advice and wisdom.
Author: Seneca
Chapter: On the vitality of the soul and its attributes
Location: Chapter 113, Section 8
Content:
8.
If Justice, Bravery, and the other virtues have actual life, do they cease to be living things and then begin life over again, or are they always living things?
But the virtues cannot cease to be.
Therefore, there are many, nay countless, living things, sojourning in this one soul.